Improvement in reaping-machines



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J. 0. BROWN, A. INGHAM, AND F. T. LOMONT, OF MASSILLON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN REAPlNG-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 49,077, dated August1, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J'. 0. BROWN, A. ING- HAM, and F. T. LOMONT, ofMassillon, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Harvester Grain-Dischargers; andwe do hereby declare that the following is a full and completedescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which Figure l is a perspective view of thedischarger. Fig.2 is an end view. Fig.3 is aview of the under side. Fig.4 is a view of the end with the discharger in a different position fromwhat it is in Fig. 2.

Like letters of reference denote like parts in the several views.

My improvementrelates to a grain-discharger for harvesters constructedand operating as hereinafter described.

In the figures, A represents the cutter-bar; B, the dividing-board; O, asupporting-wheel; D, the outer and E the inner shoe of a harvester. Onthe top of the inner shoe, E, is secured a standard, F, to one side ofwhich is pivoted a link, I). The other end of this link is attached inthe same manner to a piece or strip, a, that is hinged to a platform, H,ate 6,'

as seen in Fig. 3.

The platform is connected to the outer and inner shoes by means of arms0 c, pivoted to the sides of the shoes, as indicated by the dot tedlinesj in Fig. 3, and the other ends of the arms are pivoted to lugs d,secured to the under side of the platform near the rear edge. By meansof these arms resting on the top of the shoes, as indicated by thedotted lines iin Fig. 3, the platform is supported in an inclinedposition upward toward the rearfas shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

At the inner end of the platform is a piece, 8, to prevent the grainfrom sliding oif'at this end, the other end being guarded by thedividing-board B.

n is a shaft that turns in the end of the arm 0, and is secured in thelug d underneath the platform, and by which the platform is connected tothis arm. On the shaft n is a crank, h, that can be arrangedin-connection with a lever so that the driver on the machine can operatethe discharger, or it can be arranged in connection with the gearing ofthe machine so as to operate it.

When in practical use, if the discharger is in the position shown inFigs. 1 and 2, the grain from-the cutters falls on the strip a andplatform H until the desired amount for a gavel is on the discharger,when, by turning the crank in the direction of the arrow in Figs. 1 and2 a short distance, the platform is turned up, drawing the strip a bymeans of the hinges and link bforward,forming an inclined plane downwardat the rear side, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, when thegavel slides off or is deposited on the ground. The grain that is outwhile the platform is moving and when it is in this position restsagainst the strip a,

which, as the platform is turned back by reversing the motion of thecrank, gradually turns up under the grain, thereby shortening thedistance across the platform, which causes the grain to fall back uponit as it returns to its former position. (Shown in the drawings.) Thismotion of the discharger, as described, is a vibrating one, turning on acrank-sh aft backward and forward, receiving the grain as it is cut anddischarging it in gavels on the ground. In passing over obstacles theplatform, being pivoted to the arms and the arms to the shoes, allowsthe platform to be raised up by the press- .ure of the obstacleunderneath, more or less,

as may be required to pass easily over the obstruction. The dischargercan thus be elevated as high as shown in Fig.4, or it can be raised intothis position by the lever or geariug for any purpose.

What we claim as our improvement, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

l. The link b and standard F, in combination with the strip a andplatform H, hinged together, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. The arms 0 c, pivoted or hinged to the shoes, in combination with theplatform H, sub-.

vstantiall y as and for the purpose set forth.

J. 0. BROWN. A. INGHAM. F. T. LOMONT. Witnesses:

W. H. BURRIDGE, W. F. HERSHY.

